Sivas climate — normals and trends
Sivas (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 443 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is August (19.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Sivas averages 129 frost days, 15 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.
Sivas has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 142 to 116 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 29 July 2011) and the coldest -31.5 °C (on 6 January 1942).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
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- coords
- 39.75°, 37.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.2°C
Average daily high
14.2°C
Average daily low
2.8°C
Annual rainfall
443mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
16.6km/h
Seasonal range
23.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
129 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
15 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
91 d/yr
Annual snowfall
113.3 cm
Average feels-like high
11.3 °C
Average feels-like low
0.0 °C
Average peak gust
34.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
38.1 °C
29 July 2011
Coldest day
-31.5 °C
6 January 1942
Wettest day
42 mm
10 October 1967
Windiest day
52.3 km/h
23 April 2017
Strongest gust
118.8 km/h
23 April 2017
Hottest feels-like
38.3 °C
24 July 1998
Coldest feels-like
-36.8 °C
6 January 1942
Snowiest day
24.8 cm
24 November 2024
Sunniest day
14.8 h
25 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.8 °C | +5.9 °C | 19 mm | -30 mm |
| Feb | -0.5 °C | -1.9 °C | 48 mm | +5 mm |
| Mar | 11.7 °C | +5.1 °C | 56 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 12.7 °C | -1.2 °C | 89 mm | +24 mm |
| May | 20.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 81 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 23.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 15 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 29.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 8 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 29.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 23.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 5 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 17.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 21 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 13.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 58 mm | +13 mm |
| Dec | 5.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 55 mm | +7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sivas?
Sivas has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 443 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sivas?
The hottest day measured in Sivas between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2011, reaching 38.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sivas?
The coldest day measured in Sivas between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1942, at -31.5 °C.
Does it snow in Sivas?
Yes. Sivas gets on average 113.3 cm of snow per year and has around 129 frost days.
Has the climate of Sivas warmed?
Yes: Sivas warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sivas?
The wettest day measured in Sivas between 1940 and 2025 was 10 October 1967, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sivas?
The windiest day measured in Sivas between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 2017, with winds reaching 52.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sivas?
The warmest month in Sivas is August (19.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Sivas?
Sivas receives on average 443 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sivas?
Sivas gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sivas?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sivas between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 2024, with 24.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sivas?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sivas.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sivas?
In Sivas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.3 °C on 24 July 1998, and the lowest was -36.8 °C on 6 January 1942.
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